Two Blog Awards in One Day!!!

I am so humbled and grateful to have received a second blog award today!!! Thanks so much to Claudette at http://crazycrafter57.blogspot.com/ for this award! This award is for bloggers who have an attitude of gratitude, and when life gives them lemons, they make lemonade, so this is a special one for me! Thanks, again, Claudette!! I'll be passing this award along to some other bloggers soon!!

My first blog award!!!

Many thanks to Crystal at http://scrapcandydesigns.blogspot.com/ for my very FIRST blog award!!! I'm so honored, Crystal, and thank you SO much!!! The requirements for accepting this award are:
A) I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link…
B) I must list 10 honest things about myself.
C) I must put a copy of the The Honest Scrap logo on my blog.
D) I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers and list their links.

Here are 10 honest things about myself:
1) I am a Christian and am so thankful to God for my salvation!
2) After almost 23 years of marriage, I'm still totally in love with my dear husband!
3) I have the best stepdaughters in the whole world and I couldn't love them more if they were my own flesh and blood!
4) I'm a little too attached to my furbaby, Trinket
5) I'm blessed to still have both parents!
6) My great-grandson is the light of my life!
7) I spend way too much time on the internet!
8) I LOVE paper!
9) Did I mention that I LOVE paper???
10) My love for all things paper started when I was just a child.

OK. Now I'm off to pick my 7 lucky recipients!




Here are the seven blogs that I am passing this award on to:

Lacy: http://lacybugsplace.blogspot.com/

Cheryll: http://makingandkeepingmemories.blogspot.com/

Robyn: http://www.thepinkstamper.blogspot.com/

Tammy: http://tammysplace-tammy.blogspot.com

Ambie: http://scrappinmamaof2.blogspot.com/

Nikki: http://monatyza.blogspot.com/

Diane: http://capadiadesigns.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to you all!! You inspire me like crazy!!

SSPT Bling challenge

Our most recent challenge for the SSPT design team was to create a project with lots of bling. I think this card "fills the bill". This is my first project using Copic markers and I still have a lot to learn, but it was fun. The image is from www.faeriesong.com. The image was colored with Copics, then I used Stickles, iridescent glitter glue, 4 rhinestones and Prima flowers. The dangling stars were part of a "treasure box" from Lacy Gilbertson. I thought they added the perfect touch to this little fairy.

Mmm Monday Challenge at SSPT

I couldn't get the colors to photograph true on this one. Must have something to do with the black background! Anyway, this is the shopping bag from TBBM, cut at 5 1/2" and the floral spray is from Tinkerbelle, cut at 2 1/2". Black bag, sand background on the floral spray, sage leaves and yellow flowers.

WSAB Summer Color Challenge

This card is my project for the latest Whimsical Scraps and Bugs challenge. We were challenged to make any project using brown, red, yellow, turquoise and white. I'm still fighting a sinus infection and feeling under the weather, but I did manage to get a card made for the challenge. All cuts are from Life is a Beach cartridge.

Good Witch Polka Dot challenge

My bestest friend, Lacy, and I were chatting this morning about cards inspired by wardrobe items like SHOES!!! haha Anyway, this is my submission for the Polka Dot challenge. I combined several of my passions for this card. The "good witch" image is a Loralie Harris machine embroidery design. I embroidered the design, photographed it, then printed it multiple times so I could create dimension. You can't really tell in the pic, but she has 3 layers. The shoe and marquee cuts are from the Wedding Solutions cartridge and the Storybook cartridge, respectively. Polka dot ribbon from Michaels, inked with Tim Holtz Broken China distress ink. Polka dot embossed paper from Big Lots, sanded to reveal the white core. Oh, and the shoe, flowers and ruffle on the dress are "Stickled".

Rusty Hinges Card

Well, I made up my mind today that I just needed to jump in and create something. I had a lot of fun creating the "rusty" hinges for this card! I cut the hinges using Fabulous Finds from brown textured cardstock. Then I inked them with Sepia Ink. Once the ink dried, I added Tim Holtz new Distress Stickles in a couple of colors to give them a metallic look and distressed the brads to match. They pretty much look like rusty hinges. The image is by a Carmel, California artist named Lynn Lupetti. I love her work! This one is called "The Dragon Tamer". Don't know if this really got me out of the slump, but it felt good to at least do something!!!